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[PATCH v3] advice: use global config for default branch name

From
VMVsevolod Myalitsin <ub4nal@mail.ru>
Date
Aug 29, 2027, 00:49 UTC
Message-ID
<20270829004959.90983-1-ub4nal@mail.ru>

Some advice messages suggest disabling the advice with "git config set advice.<name> false", even when the corresponding configuration should be set at a different scope.

Add a scope hint to advice settings so that the suggested command uses the appropriate config scope.

Pass the advice setting itself to vadvise() instead of passing its fields separately. Use NULL for advise() calls that are not associated with an advice setting.

Signed-off-by: Vsevolod Myalitsin <ub4nal@mail.ru>
---
 advice.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 63bf8b0c5f..80cc388215 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -40,10 +40,19 @@ enum advice_level {
 	ADVICE_LEVEL_ENABLED,
 };
 
-static struct {
+enum advice_scope {
+	ADVICE_SCOPE_LOCAL = 0,
+	ADVICE_SCOPE_GLOBAL,
+	ADVICE_SCOPE_SYSTEM,
+};
+
+struct advice_setting {
 	const char *key;
+	enum advice_scope scope_hint;
 	enum advice_level level;
-} advice_setting[] = {
+};
+
+static struct advice_setting advice_setting[] = {
 	[ADVICE_ADD_EMBEDDED_REPO]			= { "addEmbeddedRepo" },
 	[ADVICE_ADD_EMPTY_PATHSPEC]			= { "addEmptyPathspec" },
 	[ADVICE_ADD_IGNORED_FILE]			= { "addIgnoredFile" },
@@ -51,7 +60,7 @@ static struct {
 	[ADVICE_AM_WORK_DIR] 				= { "amWorkDir" },
 	[ADVICE_CHECKOUT_AMBIGUOUS_REMOTE_BRANCH_NAME] 	= { "checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName" },
 	[ADVICE_COMMIT_BEFORE_MERGE]			= { "commitBeforeMerge" },
-	[ADVICE_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME]			= { "defaultBranchName" },
+	[ADVICE_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME]			= { "defaultBranchName", ADVICE_SCOPE_GLOBAL },
 	[ADVICE_DETACHED_HEAD]				= { "detachedHead" },
 	[ADVICE_DIVERGING]				= { "diverging" },
 	[ADVICE_FETCH_SET_HEAD_WARN]			= { "fetchRemoteHEADWarn" },
@@ -96,18 +105,31 @@ static struct {
 
 static const char turn_off_instructions[] =
 N_("\n"
-   "Disable this message with \"git config set advice.%s false\"");
+   "Disable this message with \"git config set%s advice.%s false\"");
 
-static void vadvise(const char *advice, int display_instructions,
-		    const char *key, va_list params)
+static void vadvise(const char *advice,
+	const struct advice_setting *setting, va_list params)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *cp, *np;
 
 	strbuf_vaddf(&buf, advice, params);
 
-	if (display_instructions)
-		strbuf_addf(&buf, turn_off_instructions, key);
+	if (setting && setting->level == 0) {
+		const char *scope = "";
+		switch (setting->scope_hint) {
+			case ADVICE_SCOPE_LOCAL:
+				break;
+			case ADVICE_SCOPE_GLOBAL:
+				scope = " --global";
+				break;
+			case ADVICE_SCOPE_SYSTEM:
+				scope = " --system";
+				break;
+		}
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, turn_off_instructions,
+				scope, setting->key);
+	}
 
 	for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
 		np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
@@ -126,7 +148,7 @@ void advise(const char *advice, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
 	va_start(params, advice);
-	vadvise(advice, 0, "", params);
+	vadvise(advice, NULL, params);
 	va_end(params);
 }
 
@@ -155,8 +177,7 @@ void advise_if_enabled(enum advice_type type, const char *advice, ...)
 		return;
 
 	va_start(params, advice);
-	vadvise(advice, !advice_setting[type].level, advice_setting[type].key,
-		params);
+	vadvise(advice, &advice_setting[type], params);
 	va_end(params);
 }
 
-- 
2.50.1
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  28. 3/3 advice: use global config for default branch nameVsevolod Myalitsin, Sep 10, 2026
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